Rab27a and melanosomes: A model to investigate the membrane targeting of Rabs

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1383-1388

  Booth, Antonia E G ^a   Seabra, Miguel C ^a,b   Hume, Alistair N ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melanocyte; Melanosomes; Rab GTPase; Rab27a

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAB PROTEIN; RAB27A PROTEIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITORS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870178750     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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